Rebecca Bruu Carver
Senior Communications Adviser
Responsibilities
I have an MSc in Science Communication from Imperial College London. March 2013 I completed a PhD about media framing and genetics from the University of Oslo, entitled Framing the Gene - A science communication study of how newspapers frame different meanings of the gene concept, with applications for science education. My interests and competencies lie within the areas: Science Communication, Health Communication, Brain health, Science education, Scientific literacy, Genetics and genomics, Public engagement with science, Participatant Involvement in research, Media studies and Public understanding of science, questionnaire design, scientific and popular science writing. During 2014-2015 I was a postdoc at the University of Bahia, Brazil, conducing research in the public understanding and attitudes towards modern genetics and genomics. I am currently on the editorial board of the Journal of Science Communication: http://jcom.sissa.it/